“Instead,” Victoria agreed, “he described a hysterical woman to a court, on the same week he can be heard on tape calmly informing that woman that he controls whether she and her children have transportation and medical coverage.” But she held up a hand, because she was an honest lawyer and not a fairy godmother.

“Understand me, though, Charlotte.

One recording does not win a custody case by itself.

Courts don’t work that way, and they shouldn’t.

They look at the whole pattern — credibility, parenting history, and above everything, the actual best interests of these two specific children.

We are not going to win this by making him a villain.